Toy vehicle.



A. HANKE.

TOY VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYB, 1918 Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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AUGUST HANKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TUY VICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Fee. a, rare.

Application filed m a, ma. Serial No. mater.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, AUGUST HANKE, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention rel-ates to a novel construction in a toy ve 'cle, the object being to provide a device of this character which is verysimple, and which may be folded into a very small space, the invention consisting essentially in the details of construction whereby the device is rendered collapsible so as to be capable of being contained in a small package for shipment and storage, and which may be very easily assembled by the purchaser.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section of a toy constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail perspective view of the same.

Fig. 3- is a detail section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the steering post' and front caster wheel.

Referring now to said drawings, 1 indicates the platform of the device which may be of any suitable shape and size. It is provided at its forward end with a pivot openbifurcated at its lower end to receive the caster wheel 3 which is secured therein by means of the pin 4. The lower end of the bifurcated portion of the said post 2 is annularly enlarged to provide a shoulder 5 on which the forward end portion of the platform 1 is supported. 0n the upper face of the latter there is suitably mounted a flange element 6 to provide a relatively lon bearin for the post 2. The latter is provided wit an opening to receive the cotterpin 7 just above the upper end of the flange member 6 which serves to coact with the shoulder 5 to hold the steering post against longitudinal The latter is provided at its upper end with a square or other polygonal projection 8 to receive the cross-bar 9' by means of which said steering post may be turned, the latter being removably secured in place-by any suitable means.

At the rear end and on the lower face of the platform 1 there is pivotally secured a U- shaped member 10 terminating in outwardly extending projcctions 11 adapted to extend the wheels 12 which through openings in are secured thereon by means of cotter pins 13. The middle portion of said U- shaped member 10 is secured to the platform by means of the cleats 14. The arms of said member 10 are held against spreading under influence of weight by means of a yoke 15, consisting of two pieces of strap iron each provided with a flange 16 having an opening through which an axle element 1 of the member 10 extends. The said pieces of strap iron are overlappedand are secured together by means of rivets 17 which also 'pass through openings in the ends of brace rods 18, the other ends of the latter being bent to extend angularly to the main portions thereof and provided with openings for the passage therethrough of the shank of the bolt 19, the latter adapted to receive a thumb nut 20, or the like, for rigi ly securing the overlapped ends of said brace rods 18 to the platform 1. The yoke 15 is obviously rotata ble on the projections 11, and the flanges 16 thereof also provide stops for lim'ting the inward movements of the wheels 12 on said axle elements 11.

ashers 21 are preferably interposed between said flanges 16 and the opposing faces of the wheels 12 for obvious reasons.

Upon removing the thumb nut 20, or its equivalent, the member 10 and the brace rods 18 may obviously be folded to lie flat upon the under face of the platform 1. By removing the cotter pins 7 and 13 and the cross-head 9 the steering post and the wheels 12 may be removed and laid in suitable relation to the platform 1 to provide a flat package which may be readily packed in a small space for shlpping and storage puroses. p When assembled the device is very strong and rigid, and constitutes a suitable toy vehicle for children. I While I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawings, the latter may be changed and Q imacao varied in details of construction Without departing from the invention as defined in theappended claims.

I. claim as my invention:

1. A toy vehicle comprisilig a platform, a steering-post element including a supporting wheel therefor rotatably and removably mounted in one end of the said platform, a U-shaped member pivotally secured at its middle portion to the other end of said platform, axle elements projecting from the free ends of the arms of said U-sh-aped member, a yoke terminating in flanges having openings through which said axle elements project spanning the open space between the outer ends of the arms of said member, brace-rods connected with said yoke at one end and having openings in their other ends, a threaded projection on the platform for engaging in said openings in said brace-rods, a nut for securing the latter, and wheels removably mounted on said axle elements.

2. A toy vehicle comprising a platform, a

steering-post element including a supporting wheel therefor rotatably and removably mounted in one end of the said platform, a U-shaped member pivotally secured at its middle portion to the other end of said platform, axle elements projecting from the free ends of the arms of said U-shaped member, a yoke comprising two strips of metal overlapped and secured together between their ends, a flange at the end of each strip provided with an opening in Which one of the said axle elements projects, said yoke spanning the open space between the outer ends of the arms of said member, brace-rods connected with said yoke at one end and having openings in their other ends, a threaded projection on the platform for engaging in said openings in said brace-rods, a nut for securin the latter, said brace-rods secured to said yo e by the same elements securing said strips together, and wheels removably mounted on said axle elements.

AUGUST HANKE. 

